What does 75 PlayStation 3s get you?

via PS3 Fanboy


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Why, a huge amount of official Warhawk dedicated servers -- of course! In the most recent post at the official PlayStation.Blog, the game director of Warhawk, Dylan Jobe, posted pictures of their Ranked Servers data center and talked about online/server details for their upcoming Sixaxis-friendly title.

According to Dylan, they have PS3 clusters like the one above scattered all over the world to make sure you you have access to a fast, latency free server -- no matter where you live. Also, since you can host your own servers, even if you don't find an official server you like, it shouldn't be hard to find a player server that fits what you're looking for.

Players can create their own dedicated Warhawk servers for up to 32 players at once, but they won't be able to play on their PS3 while the server is running (to longtime PC gamers, this is nothing new). Players can also create their own servers that they can play in for up to 24 players at once, offering a ton of flexibility for clans and hardcore players. Between ecstatic previews, an accessible price point and strong server support, Warhawk is looking more and more like it could be a major hit. Only three more weeks until the Game Drought of Summer is over!

the blog entry is funny. if you haven't read it, go check it out. his threat to server spoofers during the beta made me laugh out loud. [:

Damn. I saw this earlier, and wondered what the official number was for the servers (if both sides are filled with PS3s or not). 75 is pretty beastly. I was figuring it was double sided making that 150 PS3s, but chances are they'd have a terminal on the other side of the rack, yielding 2 servers per row of racks.

Man, that is a lot of ps3 and that is surely loads of beastly powers.

I can only imagine what folding on that setup would do. Well, aside from cure cancer.

So were they provided by Sony or did they purchase all of them? If they purchased them then I think they added a 2% increase in sales for that month.